Rescue of Companies

Rescuing companies is becoming more and more alternative to merely liquidating a company in financial difficulties on the basis of a bankruptcy procedure. The goal of rescuing company is to preserve the healthy parts of a company in trouble and to put the company back on a sound track. This book reports on practical experiences in rescues and describes in particular transactional aspects. Young expert-practitioners are writing for practitioners. The resource material of this book is useful for further academic research into the subject especially for comparative legal analyses. The book comprises 24 national reports from 23 jurisdictions and a general report which summarizes the main differences, peculiarities and common principles of the various jurisdictions.Table of Contents:General Report: Joren de WachterAustralia: Mitchell MathasAustria: Christoph LiebscherBelgium: Nicole van RanstCanada: Jefffrey R. Lloyd, Gwen Chamberlain, Ginette LeclercDenmark: Christian D. LundgrenEngland and Wales: Christopher MallonFinland: Pekka JaatinenFrance: Alain Cohen-Boulakia, Paul de DreGermany: Arndt Stengel, Volker KammelHungary: Peter NgrdiIreland: Bill HolohanItaly: Cecilia GhittoniLiechtenstein: Andreas BatlinerMexico: Alejandro StainesThe Netherlands: Erik LimpensPeru: Luis Carlos Rodrigo PradoPoland: Leslaw KostrkiewiczPortugal: Miguel de Avillez PereiraScotland: Norman M. MartinSpain: Coloma ArmeroSweden: Mikael KarlssonSwitzerland: Vincent JeanneretUnited States: Richard E. MendalesUnited States: The Perspective of the Venture Capital Advisor: James Y. RayisIndex